Darren Friedman

Partner at StepStone Group

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Mr. Friedman is a Partner at StepStone based in the New York office and a member of the private equity team, co-heading the co-investment practice. Over his career, he has been involved with over $25 billion of private equity co-investments. Mr. Friedman currently Chairs the Private Equity Investment Committee, sits on various Private Debt Investment Committees and is a member of the Private Equity Executive Committee.

Prior to joining StepStone in 2010, Mr. Friedman was a managing partner at Citi Private Equity, a US$10+ billion co-investment, mezzanine, and fund of private equity funds business. Before that he worked in the investment banking division at Salomon Smith Barney, where he managed the firm’s relationships with private equity funds and their portfolio companies, completing numerous capital market and M&A transactions.

Mr. Friedman received his BS from the University of Illinois and MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.